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--- cloudproviders/googledocs [2019_03_26 00:35] – [5 Step 4: Cloud Meta Sync] steven
+++ cloudproviders/googledocs [2019_04_24 11:19] – dan
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 ====== Adding the Google Drive Storage Provider ======
+##### Last updated on April 24, 2019.
 You can add your Google Drive account as a storage provider and access documents and files through the File Fabric or through Google applications.
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 Since Google Drive accounts are associated with individuals it's more common for individual users to add Google Drive as a private provider. Only they will have access to files in Google Drive. The File Fabric makes it easier to transfer information between different clouds, and adds additional sharing options and governance on Google Drive.
-===== 1 Step 1: Choosing the Google Drive Provider =====
+===== Choosing the Google Drive Provider =====
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 The first step is to choose to add Google Drive to your Storage Made Easy Account either as a first step on activation or later from **My Dashboard**
+===== Authorising Access =====
-===== 2 Step 2: Authorising Access =====
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 You need to authorise your Storage Made Easy account to access your Google Drive account. To do this click **Authorize Google Drive Access** and follow the prompts to authenticate your account.
-===== 3 Revoking Account Access =====
+==== (Revoking Account Access) ===
 You can revoke access at any time by going to Google Account settings from the web and, in the Security section clicking on the "Third-party apps with account access".
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 You will then be taken to a page which will list the services that have access to your Google Account. Here you will see Storage Made Easy.
+===== Sync Completed =====
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-===== 6 Step 5: Sync Completed =====
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 Once the sync has completed you will be able to work with your files with the file managers or other clients.
-===== 7 Options =====
+===== Options =====
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+The Google Docs Provider has a few special options within it's settings page (accessible from **MyDashboard->Settings**)
-The Google Docs Provider has a few special options within it's settings page (accessible from **//MyDashBoard->Settings//**)\\ \\ **//Convert files://** This determines how files will be treated when you upload them to Google Docs. If Convert is 'off' then office files will not be converted to Google Docs internal format so you can edit them. They will just remain as a file. The default is "off" as Google Docs does not support all formatting so if you have a lot of advanced formatting in your document some of it could be stripped out if convert is "on". This is your choice.\\ \\ **//Uploading with API://** This should invariably be always set to "on". If it is set to "off" then emulation is used rather than the Google API. This was the older method we used to interact with Google Docs prior to there being an API.\\ \\ **//Flush cache://** If you click this setting, each folder you browser will be loaded in real-time from Google Docs when you next browse files. It will be slower but all data will be up to date. By default each folders cache expires after 24 hours.\\ \\ **//Synchronise options//**:   You can resync the meta-data at any time by clicking either of these options\\ \\ **//Remove Provider://** If you choose to remove the provider you first must make sure it is not your default provider (you can change this from the **//'My Dashboard//**' screen). Once it is not you can choose to remove the provider which removes Google Docs from your account which basically removes any meta data at all.
+ * **Convert files:** This determines how files will be treated when you upload them to Google Docs. If Convert is 'off' then office files will not be converted to Google Docs internal format so you can edit them. They will just remain as a file. The default is "off" as Google Docs does not support all formatting so if you have a lot of advanced formatting in your document some of it could be stripped out if convert is "on". This is your choice.
+ * **Use OCR for PDF and images** and **OCR language**: Converts PDF files and images to text. Affects pdf, jpg, png and gif files. See also https://support.google.com/drive/answer/176692.
+ * **Display files in google format as URLs**: Allows editing of documents in Google format using the Google editor.
+**Remove Provider:** If you choose to remove the provider you first must make sure it is not your default provider (you can change this from the **'My Dashboard**' screen). Once it is not you can remove the provider which removes the link to Google Drive from your account.
+===== Rate Limiting =====
+Google Drive may limit the rate at which it processes requests.  This page: [[throttledcloudproviders|File Fabric Handling of Rate-Limiting Storage Providers]] explains how the File Fabric responds to rate limiting.